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Sheriff’s officials say pilot whose plane crashed into Yorba Linda home, killing 5, likely was not a retired Chicago police officer

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The pilot of a Cessna that crashed into a Yorba Linda neighborhood, killing him and four people in a home, was carrying what investigators now suspect to have been false law enforcement credentials identifying him as a retired Chicago police officer, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said on Tuesday. Relying on what was described as…

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Tustin school district is making the change to full-day kindergarten

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Kindergartners in the Tustin Unified School District will be getting a little more time to learn their lessons. The district is adding about an hour and a half to the school day for the young students starting with the next school year, joining a trend toward offering full-day kindergarten. South Orange County school districts announced…

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Paris building fire claims 10 lives; arson suspected

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By THOMAS ADAMSON and ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS — Paris’ deadliest fire in over a decade claimed 10 lives Tuesday, sending fleeing residents to the roof as flames engulfed their apartment building before dawn. A 40-year-old female resident of the building, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested as police opened an investigation…

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Plane fell apart in air before deadly crash into Yorba Linda home

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The Cessna plane had flown about 10 miles, reaching an altitude as high as 7,800 feet, when witnesses saw it coming through the clouds in one piece, authorities said. Moments later, its tail came off. Then its wings. The plane plummeted rapidly into a Yorba Linda home Sunday afternoon, setting…